Thread: Hacked motors to animate static props

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Both of these motors were from a movie poster in a theater:
YouTube- Pimp My Prop - Mechanism for making a skeleton hand move
YouTube- P1000626

My daughter couldn't wait to tear up the graveyard!

I really like that beckoning skeleton! how's he rigged up?

That worked out really cool. Do you have a pic of the motors?

Nice props! I like the beckoning skeleton too!

Originally Posted by Mr_Chicken

I really like that beckoning skeleton! how's he rigged up?

Near the end of the video it looks like the small motor in front of the skeleton has a crank pulling a string tied to the skelly's hand.

Oh that's cool! Just enough movement to make it super creepy!

It is only January - my brain is already full of great ideas thanks to Halloween Forum!!
Looks like 2010 is gonna have to be Motor Time at our haunt!! I REALLY need to learn more about movement! It makes your haunt so great! Thanks for sharing! The movement is sooo subtle - it is perfect!

Would love to see what they look in the dark ....how much do you see the movement ? since its so subtle ? Wonderful though !! I agree with Susie....motors make a haunt come alive

Sorry so long to post, but my work computer blocks Blogs and Forums! Humph!

The motor has a cut coat hanger wire attached to it and the pinky finger of the skeleton. I had it lit with a spotlight so the movement showed. Many people came and just stared at the moving props! I don't have any pictures because my computer had an accident and I lost everything from 09 Haunt except what I had uploaded onto YouTube and my Haunt Website... (


My hubby rigged the wire elngth so as not to be seen easily and he mounted the motor onto the wood. Other than that, the motor is just how we got it. Because the motor was out of the spotlight range, no one could really see it. It made a little noise but no one was really noticing.